New BC Platforms Partnership with Artisan Biomed to Unlock African Access to Precision Medicine May 11, 2021
12 May 2021 – Zurich, Switzerland and Cape Town, South Africa – Today, BC Platforms (BCP), a global leader in healthcare data management, analytics and access, was pleased to announce a new partnership with Artisan Biomed (Artisan), a genomics services and health solutions provider that aims to develop precision medicine in South Africa. This new partnership provides Artisan with enhanced integration with BCP’s world-class genomics platform, which could boost health technology in South Africa and beyond.
Currently, precision medicine is not routinely available to most patients in South Africa and the rest of the African continent. This can be partly attributed to a global scarcity of genomic data available for Africans and those of African descent, resulting from a lack of digitised data, systematic data structure as well as access
New BC Platforms Partnership with Artisan Biomed to Unlock African Access to Precision Medicine
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ZURICH and CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today,
BC Platforms (BCP), a global leader in healthcare data management, analytics and access, was pleased to announce a new partnership with
Artisan Biomed (Artisan), a genomics services and health solutions provider that aims to develop precision medicine in South Africa. This new partnership provides Artisan with enhanced integration with BCP s world-class genomics platform, which could boost health technology in South Africa and beyond.
Currently, precision medicine is not routinely available to most patients in South Africa and the rest of the African continent. This can be partly attributed to a global scarcity of genomic data available for Africans and those of African descent, resulting from a lack of digitised data, systematic data structure as well as access to tools for